So you have to do your homework. Big, fat, hairy deal.
The real world is going to eat you alive, you little baby. If you don't do your homework, you can't go out with your friends. If you don't do your work in the real world, you don't have a job (unless you are management) and thus don't get to eat.
If it were me, I would say over-protect rather than under. What would be nice is a admin kept list of non-banned. Similar to unix users.allow and deny.deny for printers. If it's in the allow file, it is allowed. If it's not in the deny file it is also allowed.
This would allow the slow process of unfiltering sites that the user should be able to access.
Almost certainly. But hopefully, they will realize that since these modules have been out of print for so long that it won't hurt business. Plus, I am sure that TSR/WotC/Hasbro gets a cut of each copy sold, so discouraging this kind of thing would be counter-productive.
No. Because you are neither forcing nor coercing them into stealing said object. Just leaving it out does not mean entrapment. It's the same when cops go undercover to buy or sell drugs, catching the sellers or buyers. They are not coercing the future jailbird into buying or selling, just like in this, the cops are not coercing the auto thieves into stealing said 'wired' vehicle.
After all, that is part (a large part) of what Open Source is about. Options.
Now, as a programmer, I may not want to add changes to an older version that I am not working on anymore, so I am within my rights to say, "If you want that additional functionality, you have two choices. Upgrade, or do it yourself."
You would not normally be against the law. If you are doing something that is legal today, but becomes illegal in the future, the US legal system can not bring criminal charges against you for violating the law they just passed. Doing so would be 'Ex Pos Facto' (sp?) which is basically prohibited.
Now, I'm not saying that you couldn't be held liable in civil court, it's just that anything you did before the law was passed would be allowed as far as criminal court was concerned.
Provided, of course, you stopped once the law was passed.
What Kierthos refers to is the fact that Jr. only got the job because of who he is related to. He's not terribly well qualified for it. Neither am I, but I don't want the job. I'm perfectly happy making the 0's and 1's march to my own little tune.
Me: "Cholesterol, which comes in 'good' and 'bad' forms, does exist in plants. And eating just fruits and vegatables without understanding the amounts and levels of plant cholesterols can be unhealthy as well."
Him: "Unfortunately, that is a blatantly false statement. Cholesterol only exists in two plant products: palm oil and coconut milk."
Yes and no. I wasn't attempting to be misleading. It's what happens when you code and think about food at the same time. Plants contain fats.
Borrowed from Indiana University Health Center Page (and no, I can't include a link, as I went through AskJeeves to get there, and I can't break the link out.
Saturated fat is the main dietary component associated with raising cholesterol. Saturated fats are found mainly in animal products and the tropical oils. The following foods are high in saturated fat and should be used sparingly in the diet: beef fat, lamb, pork fat (lard), butter, cream, whole milk dairy products (whole milk and cheeses) coconut oil, palm oil, palm kernel oil, and cocoa butter
Monounsaturated fats are the best fats to consume. They can help decrease total cholesterol without affecting HDL cholesterol. The two fats highest in monounsaturated fats are canola and olive oil.
Polyunsaturated fat tends to lower total cholesterol but high intake has been associated with increased risk for cancer. It is recommended that these fats be consumed in moderation. Examples of fats high in polyunsaturated include: corn, cottonseed, sunflower, safflower, and soybean oil.
Hydrogenated fats are formed by adding hydrogen to unsaturated fats. This makes the fat more firm and makes the fat more durable. Hydrogenation increases the saturation and therefore makes it more harmful to the body. Therefore limiting the use of hydrogenated oils is recommended. Hydrogenated oils are commonly found in fast foods, margarine, peanut butter, and snack crackers.
1) Meat is not unhealthy. A balanced diet is the one of the keys factors to a long and healthy life. As a matter of fact, meats contain several key protiens that the body uses in maintaining healthy skin, hair, and nails.
2) Fats are a useful dietary substance, containing a good amoung of 'food energy'. But like with all things, it is important not to consume too much.
3) Cholesterol, which comes in 'good' and 'bad' forms, does exist in plants. And eating just fruits and vegatables without understanding the amounts and levels of plant cholesterols can be unhealthy as well.
First, let me point out I work with both *nix systems and Windows. Both have problems. I'm not going to address these problems.
My thoughts on this are, what levels of security are required? I've never heard of someone hacking an oil tanker, but just because I've never heard of it doesn't mean it hasn't happened, or is impossible.
My opinion is that the most important thing you would need software for is navigation software, in order to determine location, and software for weather reports, so you can plan ahead for adverse weather conditions. Can you get both for either OS? Sure (but I don't know names). Do they work? Well, if they didn't we'd have a few more ships crashing into reefs.
It gets away from secure systems, in my opinion, and more towards robust systems. Maybe it's just words, but I view secure and robust being different.
This merely appears to reinforce what I said. It appears to a half-hour show, and it appears that TechTV has a very limited set of programs, as Extended Play is repeated at least ten times.
I'm not saying it's a bad show, I'm just saying that speciality networks by their very nature will have limited programming.
I will have to see if my local cable package includes this, so that I can see if my predictions above are true about this show.
Or even land well. Maybe a channel devoted to computer and computing, with a show about gaming. Topics would be things like updates about release dates, notices about patches, etc. Even then, it would be hard to do more than 30 minutes once a week to cover a good bit of gaming news. Maybe extend it to an hour if you through in interviews with designers, artists, etc. But since most of get our updates through the Web, I really don't know what would be accomplished by this.
Slashdot Mirror
No one's come up with a music player than plays genetic codes.
Otherwise, the researchers would be getting sued by the MPAA.
EFGearman
So you have to do your homework. Big, fat, hairy deal.
The real world is going to eat you alive, you little baby. If you don't do your homework, you can't go out with your friends. If you don't do your work in the real world, you don't have a job (unless you are management) and thus don't get to eat.
EFGearman
Batteries run off of vodka or gin?
"A charge for you, and a blast for me."
EFGearman
If it were me, I would say over-protect rather than under. What would be nice is a admin kept list of non-banned. Similar to unix users.allow and deny.deny for printers. If it's in the allow file, it is allowed. If it's not in the deny file it is also allowed.
This would allow the slow process of unfiltering sites that the user should be able to access.
EFGearman
Hey, I'd just hate to be slide tackled by one. Forget anything else. That would hurt.
EFGearman
It's happening close to sundown. Unfortunately, I'm in the southeast US, and won't get to see any of it.
EGearman
I wonder if this will eventually cause virtual economic depressions and virtual layoffs.
EFGearman
It just means, according to what I know, that you can't be charged with violating the law, because it wasn't a law when you did what you did.
Now continueing to do said act after the law was passed would be illegal.
But, IANAL.
EFGearman
Almost certainly. But hopefully, they will realize that since these modules have been out of print for so long that it won't hurt business. Plus, I am sure that TSR/WotC/Hasbro gets a cut of each copy sold, so discouraging this kind of thing would be counter-productive.
EFGearman
Cool. What I want to see is well done versions of some of the early D&D dungeons, like 'Tomb of Horrors' or the entire Bloodstone series.
EFGearman
No. Because you are neither forcing nor coercing them into stealing said object. Just leaving it out does not mean entrapment. It's the same when cops go undercover to buy or sell drugs, catching the sellers or buyers. They are not coercing the future jailbird into buying or selling, just like in this, the cops are not coercing the auto thieves into stealing said 'wired' vehicle.
EFGearman
I can understand the American Medical Association (AMA) part, but what does the Federeral Aviation Administration (FAA) have to do with this?
EFGearman
Maybe you didn't catch the sarcasm in the post... And besides, you haven't earned the right to call him an idiot. You are just an AC.
EFGearman
"Maybe someone should use that picture for a caption contest."
No, no, no. The red nine on the black ten.
EFGearman
"Geeks like learning new things, and when they pop out at the end of the process they're entirely brainwashed," he (Michael Howard) said.
Brainwashed? This coming from a Microsquash guy? I guess I'd be brainwashed too if I worked there....
EFGearman
If they want to get you, they'll get you. That wasn't my point. The fact that it would be illegal for them to get you was my point.
All you need is one honest judge.
EFGearman
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After all, that is part (a large part) of what Open Source is about. Options.
Now, as a programmer, I may not want to add changes to an older version that I am not working on anymore, so I am within my rights to say, "If you want that additional functionality, you have two choices. Upgrade, or do it yourself."
Again, options.
EFGearman
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You would not normally be against the law. If you are doing something that is legal today, but becomes illegal in the future, the US legal system can not bring criminal charges against you for violating the law they just passed. Doing so would be 'Ex Pos Facto' (sp?) which is basically prohibited.
Now, I'm not saying that you couldn't be held liable in civil court, it's just that anything you did before the law was passed would be allowed as far as criminal court was concerned.
Provided, of course, you stopped once the law was passed.
Eric Gearman
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What Kierthos refers to is the fact that Jr. only got the job because of who he is related to. He's not terribly well qualified for it. Neither am I, but I don't want the job. I'm perfectly happy making the 0's and 1's march to my own little tune.
EFGearman
Me:
"Cholesterol, which comes in 'good' and 'bad' forms, does exist in plants. And eating just fruits and vegatables without understanding the amounts and levels of plant cholesterols can be unhealthy as well."
Him:
"Unfortunately, that is a blatantly false statement. Cholesterol only exists in two plant products: palm oil and coconut milk."
Yes and no. I wasn't attempting to be misleading. It's what happens when you code and think about food at the same time. Plants contain fats.
Borrowed from Indiana University Health Center Page (and no, I can't include a link, as I went through AskJeeves to get there, and I can't break the link out.
Saturated fat is the main dietary component associated with raising cholesterol. Saturated fats are found mainly in animal products and the tropical oils. The following foods are high in saturated fat and should be used sparingly in the diet: beef fat, lamb, pork fat (lard), butter, cream, whole milk dairy products (whole milk and cheeses) coconut oil, palm oil, palm kernel oil, and cocoa butter
Monounsaturated fats are the best fats to consume. They can help decrease total cholesterol without affecting HDL cholesterol. The two fats highest in monounsaturated fats are canola and olive oil.
Polyunsaturated fat tends to lower total cholesterol but high intake has been associated with increased risk for cancer. It is recommended that these fats be consumed in moderation. Examples of fats high in polyunsaturated include: corn, cottonseed, sunflower, safflower, and soybean oil.
Hydrogenated fats are formed by adding hydrogen to unsaturated fats. This makes the fat more firm and makes the fat more durable. Hydrogenation increases the saturation and therefore makes it more harmful to the body. Therefore limiting the use of hydrogenated oils is recommended. Hydrogenated oils are commonly found in fast foods, margarine, peanut butter, and snack crackers.
Eric Gearman
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1) Meat is not unhealthy. A balanced diet is the one of the keys factors to a long and healthy life. As a matter of fact, meats contain several key protiens that the body uses in maintaining healthy skin, hair, and nails.
2) Fats are a useful dietary substance, containing a good amoung of 'food energy'. But like with all things, it is important not to consume too much.
3) Cholesterol, which comes in 'good' and 'bad' forms, does exist in plants. And eating just fruits and vegatables without understanding the amounts and levels of plant cholesterols can be unhealthy as well.
Eric Gearman
--
First, let me point out I work with both *nix systems and Windows. Both have problems. I'm not going to address these problems.
My thoughts on this are, what levels of security are required? I've never heard of someone hacking an oil tanker, but just because I've never heard of it doesn't mean it hasn't happened, or is impossible.
My opinion is that the most important thing you would need software for is navigation software, in order to determine location, and software for weather reports, so you can plan ahead for adverse weather conditions. Can you get both for either OS? Sure (but I don't know names). Do they work? Well, if they didn't we'd have a few more ships crashing into reefs.
It gets away from secure systems, in my opinion, and more towards robust systems. Maybe it's just words, but I view secure and robust being different.
EFGearman
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"Despite all the problems you've caused in the past, I'll go ahead and let you guard the henhouse."
Yeah, Riiiiiiiight.
EFGearman
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This merely appears to reinforce what I said. It appears to a half-hour show, and it appears that TechTV has a very limited set of programs, as Extended Play is repeated at least ten times.
I'm not saying it's a bad show, I'm just saying that speciality networks by their very nature will have limited programming.
I will have to see if my local cable package includes this, so that I can see if my predictions above are true about this show.
EFGearman
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Or even land well. Maybe a channel devoted to computer and computing, with a show about gaming. Topics would be things like updates about release dates, notices about patches, etc. Even then, it would be hard to do more than 30 minutes once a week to cover a good bit of gaming news. Maybe extend it to an hour if you through in interviews with designers, artists, etc. But since most of get our updates through the Web, I really don't know what would be accomplished by this.
EFGearman
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